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Definition: Meaning of, beggar in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈbɛɡə /

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beggar beggars
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  1. someone who lives by asking people for food and money
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  2. lucky/lazy/cheeky etc beggar British English spoken used when speaking to or about someone you like
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  3. beggars can't be choosers used to say that when you have no money or no power to choose, you have to accept whatever you are given
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
beggar beggared beggared
Present Participle Third Person Singular
beggaring beggars
[transitive]
  1. beggar description/belief if something beggars description or belief, it is impossible to describe or believe it
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  2. literary to make someone very poor
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beggar used in phrases

  • Beggar's Opera, The
    1. a funny OPERA by John Gay, first produced in 1728. It tells the story of a thief called Macheath, who is sent to Newgate prison, where he meets a woman called Lucy and makes his wife Polly jealous. A modern OPERA called the THREEPENNY OPERA, by Bertolt Brecht, is based on this.
  • European beggar-ticks (noun)
    1. bur marigold of temperate Eurasia
  • beggar lice (noun)
    1. eurasian and North American plants having small prickly nutlets that stick to clothing
    2. any of various tropical and subtropical plants having trifoliate leaves and rough sticky pod sections or loments
  • beggar's lice (noun)
    1. eurasian and North American plants having small prickly nutlets that stick to clothing
    2. any of various tropical and subtropical plants having trifoliate leaves and rough sticky pod sections or loments
  • beggar's-ticks (noun)
    1. any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing
  • beggar-my-neighbor (noun)
    1. a card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cards
  • beggar-my-neighbor policy (noun)
    1. a policy of promoting oneself at the expense of others; used especially of national policy
  • beggar-my-neighbor strategy (noun)
    1. a policy of promoting oneself at the expense of others; used especially of national policy
  • beggar-my-neighbour (noun)
    1. a card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cards
  • beggar-my-neighbour policy (noun)
    1. a policy of promoting oneself at the expense of others; used especially of national policy
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